Hillen

On Friday, May 4, 2007, LEO EDWARD HILLEN of Baltimore entered the Kingdom of Heaven at age 85. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Hattie Hillen; daughter, Robin Hillen Branch (Eric); sister, Ella Pierce Stuger, and many other family members and friends. Mr. Hillen was a devoted member of St. Cecelia's Catholic Church, 3301 Windsor Avenue, where a memorial mass will be held Saturday, May 19 at 4:30 P.M. The family will receive friends beginning at 4 P.M. In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be sent to St. Cecelia Catholic Church at 3300 Clifton Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21216.

Lacrosse Changes aimed at cutting violent hits in boys lacrosse US Lacrosse announced Friday that violent collisions and sportsmanship have been added to its points of emphasis for the 2014 boys lacrosse rules. The revisions, made in partnership with the National Federation of State High School Associations, place additional emphasis on body checks that target a defenseless player and on checks to the head or neck by increasing the penalty time to a two- or three-minute nonreleasable foul.

On May 26, 2009, RAE VASHTI HILLEN (nee Cooper); beloved mother of Paula France and Jason. On Monday, the family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 A.M with a memorial service to follow at St. Edwards Roman Catholic Church, 901 Poplar Grove Street. The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations are made in Mrs. Hillen's name to the church. Inquiries to (410) 233-2400.

Morgan State University officials broke ground Wednesday on a $72 million business school — the first step, they said, in a plan to expand the campus' western edge while improving a troubled shopping center. The 140,000-square-foot Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management will include a lecture hall and classrooms, as well as hotel rooms and a large kitchen for hospitality classes. The building, which is expected to be completed in the summer of 2014, is the first of three planned for land where a vacant hardware store stood most recently.

Life was just less complicated on a quiet Saturday when my mother rounded up her children and shepherded us on a quick trip to the railroad station. No rides, no souvenirs, no lunch, just a little city trip. Our destination was the Hillen Station, the downtown Baltimore terminus of the old Western Maryland Railway, founded 150 years ago - and whose birthday is being celebrated this weekend by the B&O Museum in Southwest Baltimore. That museum is displaying a newly restored diesel engine that might well have been sitting on the tracks that Saturday in the 1950s.

A young man was killed and another wounded near Morgan State University in Northeast Baltimore just before midnight last night when nearly a dozen gunshots rang out near Hillen and Pent-wood roads.Witnesses said they heard tires screeching about 11: 45 p.m. and then saw two young men run from a blue Honda and begin banging on doors in the 1600 block of Pent-wood Road for help. One of the men was declared dead on a Pent-wood Road porch, and the other was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital for treatment.

Hillen Jenkins Smith Sr., a retired insurance executive who opened his home for 24 years to raise money for charities and musical groups, died of heart disease Wednesday at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson. The former Roland Park resident was 88. Born and raised in Baltimore County's Long Green, he was a 1936 Boys' Latin School graduate who attended the Johns Hopkins University for two years. As a young man, he trained thoroughbred horses and became an advertising copywriter for the old Hecht's Reliable Stores.

An article in yesterday's editions incorrectly implied that Hillen Tire, a business on the proposed site of a new state juvenile justice center, has closed. The company is still operating on the property at Hillen and Front streets. If officials go forward with the center at that site, construction likely will not begin until at least late 1997.The Sun regrets the errors.City and state officials believe they now have a site for a long-awaited juvenile justice center in East Baltimore that will be acceptable to the community and provide jobs for local residents.

HOW COMFORTING it is to see a green and gold sign on Hillen Road welcoming all to the tidy community near Lake Montebello.Unless, of course, you're trying to drive.The large board -- which reads "Hillen Road Improvement Association" -- sits on the grassy median near the Victorian-style water filtration plant and is a nuisance to commuters trying to navigate Hillen, also known as Perring Parkway -- Baltimore's answer to the Daytona Speedway.Well-intentioned community leaders placed the sign as a friendly beacon for their neighborhood, city Department of Public Works officials say.But someone forgot to bring a tape measure, DPW bureaucrats told Intrepid One last week.

The Rev. Tommie L. Jenkins Sr., a pastor who established a congregation and led it in three East Baltimore churches, died of multiple organ failure Sept. 15 at his Gardenville home. He was 83. Born in Shorter, Ala., he attended public schools there. He moved to Baltimore in 1950. Two years later he met his future wife, Romaine Mitchell, while attending a church service. "My father was a very ambitious young man who would do anything in his power to provide a good life for his young family," said his daughter, Dr. Eva Thornton of Baltimore.

A chlorine leak at Montebello Filtration Plant No. 2 on Hillen Road in Baltimore Monday morning sent two workers to the hospital, according to a city public works spokesman. The leak occurred around 9:30 a.m. Monday and two workers who were exposed to the chemical were taken to local hospitals, public works spokesman Kurt Kocher said. He could not comment on their condition. Approximately 15-to-20 people working in the plant at the time were evacuated, he said. Baltimore City firefighters and HAZMAT workers capped the leak, which Kocher said appeared to be caused by a faulty cap on one of the plant's out-of-service filtration cylinders.

On July 27, 2009, DR. JESSE N. MCDADE. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue on Saturday 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. and Sunday 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. The family will receive friends at Morgan State University Christian Center Chapel, 4307 Hillen Road, on Monday 9:30 A.M. Funeral services will follow 10 A.M.

On May 26, 2009, RAE VASHTI HILLEN (nee Cooper); beloved mother of Paula France and Jason. On Monday, the family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 A.M with a memorial service to follow at St. Edwards Roman Catholic Church, 901 Poplar Grove Street. The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations are made in Mrs. Hillen's name to the church. Inquiries to (410) 233-2400.

Wetlands restoration project to get under way Four Maryland companies will join state and federal environmental agencies today in Queenstown to launch an effort to restore wetlands around the Chesapeake and Maryland's coastal bays. The Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership will use public and private money to do six initial projects totaling $2.9 million. They include shoreline erosion controls at Eastern Neck in Kent County and the replacement of invasive phragmites with native habitat at North Point State Park in Baltimore County.

Baltimore N. Charles Street $25,000 reward offered by FBI in robbery attempt at bank The Baltimore office of the FBI is offering a reward of $25,000 for information leading to the identification, indictment and conviction of the men who attempted to rob a Loomis Armored employee Wednesday afternoon outside a bank in the 400 block of N. Charles St. FBI Agent Richard Wolf, spokesman for the Baltimore-Delaware offices of the bureau, said a Loomis employee...

MORGAN STATE University students eager to get to the head of the parking class often stop by the right lane curb in the 4400 block of southbound Hillen Road beginning around 8: 30 a.m.Only problem is, parking is illegal there between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.This attempt to shirk parking laws has caused a continual bottleneck for rush hour commuters navigating the Northeast Baltimore thoroughfare to get to work or school on time."

An article in yesterday's editions incorrectly implied that Hillen Tire, a business on the proposed site of a new state juvenile justice center, has closed. The company is still operating on the property at Hillen and Front streets. If officials go forward with the center at that site, construction likely will not begin until at least late 1997.The Sun regrets the errors.

Articles published Monday and Tuesday about a car accident that claimed the life of a Towson University freshman might have created confusion about when he died. Kevin Ryan was declared dead Saturday, according to a Sinai Hospital spokeswoman, but doctors kept him on life support until Sunday so his organs could be donated. Also, his age was incorrectly reported in one of the articles. He was 18. The Sun regrets the errors.

The state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has suspended the license of an assisted-living facility in Baltimore's Hillen community, according to an order issued yesterday by department Secretary John M. Colmers. Four residents of Ann's Loving Care in the 1500 block of Northgate Road were transferred to other licensed facilities, with help from city police, Adult Protective Services and the state Department of Aging, said Wendy Kronmiller, director for the Office of Health Care Quality.